Kevin Pacey wrote on Sat, Feb 17, 2018 09:48 AM UTC:Excellent ★★★★★
I nominate Modern Shatranj to be a Recognized Variant of the Acclaimed category.
My review begins with a quote from the game's CVP webpage:
"[Modern Shatranj] is intermediate between Shatranj and Orthodox Chess."
With modern elephants (aka ferfils) replacing bishops, and generals (aka guards) replacing queens (plus pawns moving only always one step and promoting to general), the game otherwise plays as a kind of slower paced, but elegant, version of orthodox chess.
I nominate Modern Shatranj to be a Recognized Variant of the Acclaimed category.
My review begins with a quote from the game's CVP webpage:
"[Modern Shatranj] is intermediate between Shatranj and Orthodox Chess."
With modern elephants (aka ferfils) replacing bishops, and generals (aka guards) replacing queens (plus pawns moving only always one step and promoting to general), the game otherwise plays as a kind of slower paced, but elegant, version of orthodox chess.